Human lifespan development - Identify the key aspects ph physical, intellectual emotional and social development of each life stage

Emotional development

While babies seem to be born with some of their emotional qualities in place a large amount of how they develop can be endorsed to lessons that they are taught by their care givers warm attentive care, especially during the first year of life helps babies to gain a sense that the world is a safe and welcoming place, this sense of security is good because it can be a good base for the development of other health emotional responses. Babies show anxiety and restlessness when they are with unfamiliar people. One and two year olds are known to have temper tantrums when they struggle to express their emotions. At this age they are able to identify the facial expressions of their care givers and to spot how their behaviour has an effect on them. They are able to show a sense of empathy which is usually expressed by punishing a toy and are self centred. On the other hand a three year old are more sensitive to others feelings and are willing to share toys and like making more friends, this develops when they start nursery.

Social development

Social development is closely linked to emotional development enormously, from when babies are born from about eighteen weeks a babies hearing comes into action and gradually becomes aware of the sounds of the world them e.g. their mothers heart beat, voices and noises of home e.g. shutting of doors etc. By the time of birth these things should be familiar and they will be able to distinguish voices from others, such things make up the very beginnings of a Childs engagement with the world around them his – socialisation. Relationship with peers become more important as children get older they like to form friendships and show inclination for particular people e.g. they learn trust others to provide for their needs e.g. entertainment or security e.g. you would often see a child a few steps away from his parent or carer, turn head back to them for reassurance before touching or venturing further away.

Childhood Physical development

At this age children become more independent and in some cultures they may already start to take on many responsibilities. Body proportions begin to become more adult-like and gross and motor skills become more highly developed e.g. tying shoes making and decorating a cake, playing football, building a brick tower, playing musical instruments, throwing a ball and learning gymnastics.

Intellectual development

As children get older they are able to carry out more logical activities. They often have a beginning but limited concept of time, describing all of the past as ‘ yesterday’ and all of the future as ‘tomorrow’. As time goes on they can grasp more detailed notions, such as distinguishing morning, afternoon and night and even realising that time involves seasonal changes too. Between the ages of three to seven children can form many daily conversations with both children and adults, happily relaying stories about their activities. By the time a child is seven they can express themselves and are able to understand detailed stories. At this age children become to be less ego centric by being able to see things from perspectives other than their own social concepts such as ethnics, fairness and justice become important to kids at this age who are developing a sense of self, deciding what kind of people they would hope to become.

Social and Emotional development

At ages three to five many children are interested in fantasy play and imaginary friends, fantasy play helps children to grow socially. They learn to resolve conflicts with parents or other children in ways that will help them vent frustrations and maintain self-esteem